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Quechua 1 Fall 2020
Quechua I Interested in learning more about Andean language and culture? Learn the Quechua language through Centro Tinku, an academic center in Cusco, Peru. Remote classes with Instructor Regina Tupacyupanqui Arred
Ethnohistorical Research methods
This course emphasizes time, process and sociocultural context for understanding the human experience.
Global Imperial-Indigenous Encounters: 1500 to the Present
Examines how indigenous peoples and imperial settlers interacted with each other across the globe from the fifteenth century to the present, encompassing historical case studies from North and South America, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, and utilizing indigenous sources of oral histories, memoirs, and art, as well as critical readings of imperial sources.
American Indian Ethnology
This course examines the socio-cultural patterns of selected American Indian groups from pre-history to the present with an emphasis on political, economic, artistic, and spiritual life.
Latin American Environmental Issues
An overview of Latin American environmental issues from the pre-Conquest Period to the present day.
Native Traditions and the Environment
Course focuses on knowledge and traditions (Traditional Ecological Knowledges or TEK’s) that have been transmitted across multiple generations through oral stories, and traditional beliefs and practices, especially those regarding the relationship with the natural environment.
Japanese Culture and Society / Global Learning Course
This course is intended to provide students with a broad overview of Japanese society from 1603 to 1868 called Edo period. Japanese indigenous people called Ainu and their culture and society will be introduced in DVD also.
Japanese Literature and Cinema
This course offers an overview of Japanese literature and film spanning from 12th century to the contemporary period. Ainu Literature will be introduced by the Ainu Shin’yoshu written by Chiri Yukie.
Introduction to East Asia/ Global Learning Course
This introductory course will examine the region of East Asia, focusing the culture and societal life of Japan, China and South Korea. We cover Ainu, an indigenous ethnic group from the northern areas of Japan, their history, culture and ethnic tourism in Hokkaido.
Japanese Culture and Society
This course when taught by Masako Kubota provides students with a broad overview of Japanese society from 1603 to 1868 called the Edo period. Japanese indigenous people called Ainu, their culture and society will be introduced with lecture and video.
